FEBS Education Platform

Braga, Portugal; 17 and 18 November 2021
Online event

Symposium's website with full information.

Organised by

• IDEA Centre, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

With support from

• Portuguese Biochemical Society (SPB)
• FEBS Education Committee, within the Education Ambassadors funding scheme.

There is conclusive evidence on the positive impact of active teaching and learning approaches on student engagement and academic success. These approaches are various and some are mutating with the pandemic experience.

This symposium will showcase and discuss current scientific approaches to teaching. It will feature lectures on contemporary teaching and invited topic workshops. Participants can expect to hear about and discuss the implementation of innovative teaching approaches..

We invite all faculty members and graduate students who are interested in scientific teaching and learning approaches to attend. Please register and find the program and further information at the Symposium website (link above). We look forward to engage with you.

The talks and workshops will be delivered by biomolecular scientists with established scholarship in the area of ​​bioscience education:

Speakers:

• Erin Dolan — Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Georgia Athens, USA
• Gabriel Hornink — Departamento de Bioquímica – Inovações Tecnológicas no Ensino, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Brazil
• Luciane V. Mello — School of Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
• Kimberley Tanner — Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, USA

Workshop leaders:

• Joana Azeredo — University of Minho, Portugal
• Manuel João Costa — University of Minho, Portugal
• Gabriel Hornink — Departamento de Bioquímica – Inovações Tecnológicas no Ensino, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Brazil
• Luciane V. Mello — School of Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
• Rui Oliveira — University of Minho, Portugal
• Stephen Rutherford — School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, UK

Organisers:

• Manuel João Costa — School of Medicine, University of Minho; Centre IDEA-UMinho, University of Minho, Portugal
• Rui Oliveira — Dep. of Biology, School of Sciences, University of Minho; Centre IDEA-UMinho, University of Minho, Portugal

Bursaries:

FEBS Education Committee has awarded 50 bursaries to support participation of early-career scientists. Bursaries will cover the registration fee for young scientists.
Please see details on how to apply at the website of the Symposium.

Programme:

Wed. 17 November

• Talk 1: Developing transferable skills through embedding reflection in the science curriculum — Luciane Vieira de Mello
• Parallel workshops:
  1. Creation of digital applications by students as a teaching strategy - Use of Scratch and App Inventor. — Gabriel Hornink
  2. Team Based Learning: a method to enhance student engagement and success. — Joana Azeredo and Manuel João Costa
  3. A structured reflective process supporting student awareness of employability skills development in a science curriculum. — Luciane Vieira de Mello
  4. Problem-driven course design. — Rui Oliveira
  5. Using the EAT Framework to enhance assessment and feedback practices through student-staff collaboration. — Stephen Rutherford
• Talk 2: Undergraduate research at scale: What if the treatment is a CURE? — Erin Dolan

Thu. 18 November

• Talk 3: Student authorship to enhance student engagement in molecular biology and biochemistry classroom. — Gabriel Hornink
• Talk 4: Talk matters: investigating the nature of non-content classroom language – instructor talk – that may mediate student inclusion, engagement, and learning. — Kimberly Tanner
• Closing session: How to publish on biomolecular sciences education.
  • Kimberly Tanner (Co-Editor-in-Chief of CBE–Life Sciences Education)
  • Luciane Mello (Editor of FEBS Open Bio, Education Section)
  • Manuel João Costa (Editor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education)